A family name on East King Edward Avenue, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Robinsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Robinson at three addresses in 1940, all on East King Edward Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 145 other streets too, all listed on the Robinson name's own page.
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Where the Robinsons lived
- 1
454 East King Edward Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- J W Robinson, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
- Thomas Robinson, a clerk at Kaufman Rubber 1940
Next door in 1940: A Mort at 436 and J H Foster at 460. The block, door by door
- 2
858 East King Edward Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Kate Robinson, widow of J N 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Froats at 850 and Miss E Rohrer at 866. The block, door by door
- 3
926 East King Edward Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Thomas Robinson, a basket weaver at the CN Institute 1940
Next door in 1940: G Read at 946. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk (2) and a basket weaver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists J W Robinson at 454 East King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John W Robinson there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office, with Thomas Robinson, a clerk at Kaufman Rubber. The 1940 name section lists Kate Robinson at 858 East King Edward Avenue, widow of J N. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Robinson at 926 East King Edward Avenue, a basket weaver at the CN Institute.
Today
454 East King Edward, 858 East King Edward and 926 East King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Robinson J W454 East King Edward, p. 95
- Robinson John W clk PO454 East King Edward, p. 527
- Robinson Thos clk Kaufman Rubber454 East King Edward, p. 527
- Robinson Kate wid J N858 East King Edward, p. 527
- Robinson Thos basket weaver CN Inst926 East King Edward, p. 527
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Robinsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Robinson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.